Browsing School of Agriculture & Food Science by Author "Masiga, Daniel"
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Broad diversity of simian immunodeficiency virus infecting Chlorocebus species (African green monkey) and evidence of cross-species infection in Papio anubis (olive baboon) in Kenya
Nyamota, Richard; Owino, Vincent; Murungi, Edwin Kimathi; Villinger, Jandouwe; Otiende, Moses; Masiga, Daniel; Thuita, John; Lekolool, Isaac; Jeneby, Maamun (Wiley, 2020)Background: Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) naturally infects African non-human primates (NHPs) and poses a threat of transmission to humans through hunting and consumption of monkeys as bushmeat. This study investigated ... -
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense transmitted by a single tsetse fly bite in vervet monkeys as a model of Human African Trypanosomiasis.
Thuita, John K.; Kagira, John M.; Mwangangi, David; Matovu, Enock; Turne, C. M. R.; Masiga, Daniel (PLOS, 2008)We have investigated the pathogenicity of tsetse (Glossina pallidipes)-transmitted cloned strains of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vervet monkeys. Tsetse flies were confirmed to have mature trypanosome infections by ...